Management Accounting
Resume:
PASCAL GALMOT, CPA, MBA
New York, New York 10025
Email: ************@*****.***
Ph:239-***-****
Core Qualifications
Financial Reporting
External Audits
Accounting Research
Management Reporting
Cost Analysis
Budgeting
Internal Controls
Accounting Systems Conversions
Systems testing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Barnes & Noble – Nook Digital Media – New York April 2015 - present
Accountant Consultant (through Shulman Fleming & Partners)
US GAAP Corporate accounting on SAP / BPC platform, internal controls and SOX compliance, accounting month-end closes and financial reporting, year-end audit support.
ContourGlobal LP – New York, NY
Senior Accountant/Finance Manager August 2013 - February 2015
Responsible for accounting, month-end closings, monthly financial statements, quarterly consolidation reporting using SAP and BPC platform. Worked with external auditors on preparation and sign off of annual audited financial statements and covenant compliance reporting to rating agency and project lenders. Continually evaluated financial impact of long term contracts and researched appropriate accounting treatment.
Assisted Controller with transition from US GAAP to IFRS reporting standards under the guidance of a new auditing firm. This involved the simultaneous audit of 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Worked in 2014 with finance team in Brazil and external auditors to resolve audit issues, allowing the issuance of a subsidiary’s audited financial statements within the loan compliance deadline.
Prepared key operations metrics and monthly management reporting presentation for Management. Wrote commentary and performed analyses of variances of P&L actual to budget, actual to prior year, actual to full year forecast.
Coordinated preparation of detailed budget and presentation package. Performed reconciliation to prior budget. Provided budget reforecast updates to project lenders.
Supervised accounts payable staff and coordinate cash management with corporate treasury. Developed, improved and documented internal control processes in line with SOX compliance objectives.
Prepared responses to regulatory auditors regarding their financial questions related to the company’s power contracts, EPC contractors and historical plant construction spending.
Lloyds Bank – New York, NY
AVP Finance Jan. 2007 – Aug.2013
Provided financial accounting revenue recognition guidance for loan market deals in the Commercial Banking and Broker Dealer business units. Leading Finance dept. representative for new product setup and testing in banking systems; ensured these were mapped correctly to the GL system and financial reports.
Supported financial reporting team during monthly close processes, preparation of monthly & quarterly financial statements under IFRS standards, preparation of statutory reporting to the NY Federal Reserve. Prepared monthly payroll, benefits and headcount management reporting package.
Supervised team members in the area of GL reconciliations, cash reconciliations, balance sheet attestations, cost accruals, cost allocations, intercompany settlements and cost recharges.
Assumed leading role on behalf of Finance and the SOX compliance team in promoting, explaining and enforcing group policies concerning employee expense reimbursements, journal entry minimum standards, Nostro reconciliation policies and GL balance attestation standards.
Special Projects: Leading contributor from the Accounting department to ongoing technical maintenance and development of ACBS commercial banking system. Involved in project planning, system configuration, GL mapping and GL-to-loans system reconciliations.
Major contributor to successive GL system conversion projects: (Midas GL to Oracle GL to Flexcube GL); developed specifications and tested implementation of automated management reporting. Documented conversion process and responded to audit questions.
*Received recognition Award in 2008 & 2009 for leadership and resolving technical issues that enabled the loan system conversion and Oracle GL system projects to complete on schedule.
Robert Half Management Resources – New York, NY
Consultant – ACBS system implementation at Bank of Scotland, plc Aug.- Dec. 2006
EDUCATION
KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT 2012
Master of Accounting and Financial Management
HEC-ISA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Master of Business Administration
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science, Finance
NYU School of Continuing and Professional studies
Certificate in Object Oriented Programming
CERTIFICATION
Certified Public Accountant – NYS License No. 112***-****
COMPUTER AND OTHER SKILLS Software: MS Office (Excel, Access, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint), Visio, SAP, BPC, QuickBooks, ACBSv6.01, Oracle BI, Essbase Hyperion, Flexcube, Infoview/Business Objects, RegReporter, SWIFT Alliance.
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